Topics in Modern Ukrainian History
History · 3 hrs Lecture/Seminar
Offered: Fall/Winter Or Spring
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Description
This course examines selected topics in Ukrainian history from 1800 to the present. Actual topics discussed vary from year to year. They include: transformations of Ukrainian nationalism and national identity in the East European context: Ukrainian territories in nineteenth century Habsburg and Romanov Empires; military, social and political dimensions of World War I and World War II in Ukraine; social change and identity in Soviet Ukraine; culture and politics of the post-Soviet transformation. The course consists of both lectures and seminars; in-class discussions based on readings constitute an important component of the course.
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